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Managed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) is a large stock of medicines and supplies designed to support public health agencies during a public health emergency.

The decision to deploy SNS assets is a joint effort among state, local, territorial, tribaland federal officials that begins when the health of a community is threatened.

American Indian / Alaska Native (AI/AN) governments and communities should work with their state and local partners and the Indian Health Service (IHS) to plan how to request, receive, and give out supplies from the SNS during a public health emergency.

Commissioned by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Native Diabetes Wellness Program (NDWP), this report is the fourth in a compendium of stories highlighting traditional foods programs in culturally and geographically diverse Am...

To examine rates of ectopic pregnancy (EP) among American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) women aged 15-44 years seeking care at Indian Health Service (IHS), Tribal, and urban Indian health facilities during 2002-2009. We used 2002-2009 inpatient a...

To describe the prevalence of medical home among American Indian and Alaska Native children (AIAN) compared to non-Hispanic white (NHW) children and identify areas for improvement in the provision of care within a medical home. Prevalence of medical ...

Objective : To assess clinical treatment patterns and response times among American Indian/Alaska Native men with a newly elevated PSA. : Methods : We retrospectively identified men ages 50–80 receiving care in one of three tribally-operated clinic...

Introduction : The Alaska Education and Research Towards Health (EARTH) Study is being conducted to determine the prevalence of clinically measured chronic disease risk factors in a large population of American Indian/Alaska Native people (AI/AN). We...